His personal goal for the World Cup is "to score as many goals as possible and help the team."

In his first season at Bayern, despite an injury hampering his progress at first, Gotze scored 15 goals and set up 12 more in 45 appearances, 30 of them as a starter and now he wants to make the same kind of impact for the national team.

"I am not necessarily satisfied. Satisfaction is always stagnation. But the numbers are okay. But of course, I want to achieve more," Gotze said. "But I am that self-confident to say that the stats are okay.

Gotze's progress has been questioned because of his failure to hold down one position as his own, but he is happy with his achievements to date.

He added: "I have only turned 22 and have already won seven titles, I don't get the discussion [about his perspective in football]."